The way we used to live

[Dropbear]

Westpac staff show off their new uniforms, 1983. Bloke on the left in shorts looks like a serial killer who saw an opportunity to grab some arse:

 

[Fwiffo]

Westpac staff show off their new uniforms, 1983. Bloke on the left in shorts looks like a serial killer who saw an opportunity to grab some arse:

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It was legal back then.

 

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[The Shooman]

an excellent video of Detroit now and then.

 

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1983:

 

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1983:

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I used to wear adidas Rome back in those days.

 

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Blow into the paper bag please, sir.

 

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Every 15 year old had a favorite flavor:

 

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School social before finishing the matric, 1973.

 

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London, 1975:

 

[The Shooman]

^^^

proper blokes who weren't afraid to get their hands dirty. Tough as old boots.

 

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^^^

proper blokes who weren't afraid to get their hands dirty. Tough as old boots.

Amazing to see how much of London was still recovering from the war and looking like the industrial Victorian era in the seventies. I don’t ever remember seeing work horses in the city when I was growing up in that era, in Aus.

 

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Schwing!

 

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Student specials

 

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Cheap fags and shitty tea or instant coffee at a Melbourne cafe, 1974:

 

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Cheap fags and shitty tea or instant coffee at a Melbourne cafe, 1974:

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Oi - fair go mate- that's me and shooey on our Big Day Out in City just before the Covid

 

[Fwiffo]

Which one is the one wearing the tie?

 

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UNSW faculty in the late 70s:

 

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Aside from missing the bird on the bonnet, that could be my old 1962 Holden EK Special! Too bad you can’t see the fins on the back here.

 

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I came across some photos of forum members as kids. Can you guess who they are?